Skirt



Feb. 28, 1939. THORNER ET AL 2,149,128

SKIRT Filed Feb. 14, 1958 ABRAM THORNER nd HENRY 5. PERAHIA.

IN VENTORS BY PauJATaHrTrT A TTORNEY Patented Feb. 28, 1939 UNITEDSTATES SKIRT Abram Thorncr, Flushing, and Henry J. P erahia,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application February 14, 1938, Serial No. 190,395

2 Claims.

Our invention relates to a skirt and its manufacture and particularly toskirts in which yielding, form fitting characteristics are desirable andhas among its objects to provide:

A skirt which may be manufactured and carried in stock which will snuglyfit around the waist, hips and elsewhere, even though several inchesvariation in size of girthof the body may have to be fitted withoutalterations.

An elastic waist band for skirts. a

A skirt combining bias cut fabric with an elastic belt. l

A skirt which has several inches of elasticity in girth.

A skirt which may be sold out of stock in a few limited sizes withoutalterations yet which will snugly fit many more sizes of persons thansizes of skirts carried in stock.

We accomplish these and other objects by the construction hereindescribed and shown in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is aperspective view of our skirt.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail of the waist band and/or belt andplacket.

' Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail and section of our skirt at the waist.

Fabric which is elastic must be used with a belt of less easilystretched material or material which does not stretch unless thematerial is too firm in texture to permit freedom of action.

Our skirt has an elastic belt combined and forming a part of the skirtwhich is made of material cut on the bias and of less resistance instretching than the elastic belt.

The weight of our skirt thus is held at the proper waist-line while thematerial of the skirt snugly clings to the figure and allows freedom ofmotion around the thighs, hips and waist.

Our skirt thus does not become folded; gathered or pleated at the waistbecause of the elasticity of the belt and always has a neat andattractive appearance.

Our skirt also may be made of fewer stock sizes and as the material andbelt stretch about 4 inches in girth, a stock skirt may be carried instock for instance which will have waist lines varying from 23 to 26inches, while the next size will accormnodate waist-lines varying from27 inches to 29 inches and so on. The stock sizes thus may be reduced toA; or A of the sizes that would otherwise have to be carried in stockwith- 5 out alterations and thus resulting in a saving to the merchantand customer or buyer.

The construction of our skirt may be better understood by the followingdescription having reference to the drawing. While we herein de- 10scribe in detail the preferred construction, we do not wish to belimited to this detailed construction as it may be. modified in numerousways whichwill be apparent to those experienced in the art of wearingapparel.

We have provided a skirt I, turned over at the top hem 2 inwardly at thewaist line 3, and secured by stitches 4' along this hem to the elasticbelt 5 which is preferably faced on the surface toward the wearer by thematerial 6, which is turned over the top and bottom edges of the. beltand secured along said edges by the rows of stitches I and 8.

The material of the facing and the material of the skirt are cut on abias in relation to. the warp and weft of the woven fabric therebypermitting the material to stretch girthwise.

The skirt is provided at the side with the placket opening 9 the edgesl0 and II of which are reenforced by the material I 2 to which may besecured the fasteners or other means l3 of securing the edges in theirclosed position as shown in Figure l and permitting easy opening forremoving the skirt.

The ends I4 and I5 of the belt 5 are covered by and secured to thereenforcing material I 2 and by the stitching l6 and I1.

It may be thus seen that the skirt and also the belt secured to andforming a part of it are released and opened by undoing the fasteningmeans for removal and that when fastened the skirt and belt stretch toaccommodate a variation in size of several inches without alterations infitting and without wrinkles or gathering.

The broken lines of Figure 1 show the extension in size made possible byour invention.

We do not wish to be limited to the details of construction abovedescribed as we may wish to make modifications and alterations theretowithin the scope of the appended claims which set forth our invention.

We claim:

1. In a garment, a skirt having the material assembled on a biasrelative to the girth of said skirt and an elastic belt secured to saidskirt, said ing the material assembled on a bias relative to the girthof said skirt and an elastic belt secured to said skirt, and a facing ofwoven material for said belt secured thereto 01': a bias in relation tothe girth of said belt whereby said belt, said skirt and said facing maybe stretched girthwise to fit the form of the wearer.

ABRAM 'I'HORNIEB.

HENRY J. PERAHIA. 10

